Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Located on the Lancaster and Manheim turnpike, about 2 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Kohr, Daniel Royer, Emanuel Hostetter, Jacob Kraus, Peter Maurer, Sem Brubaker, Philip Ronk, Daniel Dietrich, Jacob Shreiner, David Grube, Benjamin Long, John L. Sharp, Samuel Kohr, James Cameron, Daniel Herr.
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Located on North Queen Street, on the railroad, in the North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, John B. Frick, Frederick Dern, John Kuhns, Emanuel VanKanan, Frederick Lutz, John Wittmeyer, Jacob [Gruel], [unknown signature], John [Flick], Robert Moderwell, George H. Metzger, John Sehner.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Huber Jr., Daniel Harman, George Diller, H. W. Gundaker, Jacob Weaver, Henry M. Miller, [J. Frey], Samuel Lightner, Adam Dellet, William Wilson, John Masterson, H. H. Harman, Charles Boughter, R. F. Rauch, George [Ford].
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Signers of petition: Isaac Hubley, E. W. Carpenter, David [Lebkicher], W. Whiteside, A. Steward, John Steigerwalt, Christian Stroble, Robert Powers, Martin Harnish, [signature in German], Jacob Greiner, Thomas Silvius.
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Signers of petition: C. Hager, Jacob G. Getz, John C. Hager, E. B. Rose, S. S. Spencer, A. Herr Smith, Henry Gibbs, J. M. Lowe, William Locher, John [Fluent], Jacob H. Gamber, George M. Steinman, Daniel Rhoads, Peter McConomy, George [K. Meeser].
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Signers of petition: Michael Ehrman, George B. Hamilton, Thomas Jefferies, Owen [Hopple], Joseph Brintnall, H. E. Leman, H. Hambright, Eli Overdeer, D. E. Lechler, H. F. Benedict, Frederick Kline, George Beachy, William Hensel, John Erisman, Jonathan Foltz, David Longenecker.
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Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markley, [unknown signature], H. Shubert, Joseph Cross, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, George W. Curry, Adam W. [Amwell], C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, Abraham R. Zell, Nelson Nutt, John [Cross], J. W. Davis, Henry Metzger, John L. Samson, J. M. [Bakil], George W. [Gorrich], F. Smith, E. Kirkpatrick, Samuel J. Jackson.
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Signers of petition: William Lowry, Charles T. Gould, John Metzger, Lewis Levering, William Groff, Thomas C. Weiley, E. S. Hubley, William Mathiot, George B. Kerfoot, A. B. Kaufman, Charles E. Wentz, W. Gleim, M. D. Holbrook, [C. G. Youngman], Hiram Kendig, A. F. Hambright, Charles Nauman, William T. [Youart], David E. Lechler, James Wiley, George Boyle, F. [Keenan], H. T. Brooks, Mathew McGrann, Michael McGrann, J. J. Keller, M. Carpenter, W. Frick, J. Albright, M. Goldschmith, George McDonald, Joseph Brintall, B. M. Foltz, W. Carpenter, Walter G. Evans, J. H. Kurtz, J. Gonnley, H. C. Wentz, J. C. VanCamp.
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Signers of petition: John Hensler, [unknown signature], B. McGonigle, [B. Connor], Samuel Johnson, Michael McGonigle, [signature in German], Frederick Gemperling, William Leonard, Philip Leonard, Frederick Miller, John McGrann.
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Located on the New Holland turnpike, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Michael Malone, [Marthy Malon], John Fondersmith, John Malone, John Jones, Adam Matzer, Daniel Rees, Frederick Hensel, D. E. Lechler, S. G. Musser, Samuel Rupley, Jacob Zecher.
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Located on the North Queen Street, near the railroad, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Peter Gerber, Jacob McCulley, [unknown signature], Michael Kelly, Michael Gross, Owen Hepple, Frederick Kline, Jacob Musketnuss, Henry Nauman, John Donnelly, John Huston, Henry [Fines].
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Signers of petition: Peter Reed, John Getz, George M. Steinman, Daniel Rhoads, A. J. Kuhn, Lewis Urban, Edward Steward, Jacob Leibley, David Lebkicher, John Steigerwalt, [signature in German], Philip Fitzpatrick, William Taylor, Martin Harnish.
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Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, C. Kline, R. McClure, Solomon Sprecher, John L. Thompson, D. B. Vondersmith, John Wise, John Carr, George D. Sprecher, J. Smith, W. Carpenter, H. F. Benedict, Z. Swope, [ ] Zecher.
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Signers of petition: Henry Miller, John C. Sample, Samuel F. Huston, Derrick Fahnestock, John Stewart, George Carrigan, Michael Withers, Edward Steward, William Mathiot, [T. H. Burrows], W. Whiteside, James C. Carpenter, Lewis Urban, Charles Gillespie, Reah Frazer, Henry Carpenter.
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